NCDC Records 40 Confirmed Cases Of Mpox In Lagos, Ogun, Other States
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday announced that the country has recorded a total of 40 confirmed cases of mpox...
Nigeria Records 39 Mpox, 5,951 Cholera Cases, NCDC Says
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday said Nigeria had recorded a total of 39 confirmed cases of mpox and zero...
Cholera Death Toll Hits 103 As Nigeria Records Over 3,000 Cases
THE Cholera outbreak in Nigeria has claimed at least 103 lives, while over 3,000 suspected cases have been recorded.The Director General of the Nigeria...
NCDC Alerts On Cholera Outbreak Nationwide
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has alerted on increasing cholera cases nationwide, with 30 deaths, 1,141 suspected and 65 confirmed...
FG Raises Medical, Nursing Schools’ Enrolment From N28,000 To N64,000
THE Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate on Friday said the enrolment quota in medical, nursing, and other health professional...
49 Die As Adamawa Records 838 Measles Cases With Over 13,000 Vaccinated
THE Adamawa Government said it has recorded no fewer than 838 cases of measles and 49 deaths in the state.Dr James Jacob, Director, Disease...
Nigeria First Country To Roll Out New Meningitis Vaccine, WHO Reveals
NIGERIA has become the first country in the world to roll out a new meningitis vaccine (called Men5CV) recommended by the World Health Organization...
Why Other Countries Recruit Nigerian Doctors, Nurses – Pate
THE Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, says other nations recruit health workers who left Nigeria for greener pastures overseas...
‘Lung Cancer Is By Far The Deadliest’ : Five Key Facts About Cancer
WITH nearly 10 million deaths and nearly 20 million new cases in 2022, cancer remains one of the world’s biggest killers, according to a...
FG Hails Women Medical Professionals In Tackling Cervical Cancer
THE Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, has commended the Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN) for their commitment...
Tinubu To Issue Executive Order For Slash Of Medicine Prices
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu is set to issue an executive order aimed at reducing pharmaceutical prices and ensuring that essential medicines are more affordable for...
Federal Government Refutes Reported Resurgence Of COVID-19 In Nigeria
THE coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Professor Ali Pate has dismissed the rumoured resurgence of COVID-19 in the country, stating that there...
NCDC Confirms Dengue Fever Outbreak In Sokoto
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the outbreak of dengue fever in Sokoto State on Saturday.The NCDC, in a statement posted...
COVID-19 Returns, Fresh Outbreak Hits Benue, 25 Persons Infected
WORLD Health Organisation, WHO, has announced 25 cases of fresh Coronavirus disease, COVID-19 infections, in Benue State, advising people to take advantage of the...
Federal Hospital CEOs Diverting Drug Funds, Pharmaceutical Society Alleges
THE Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to probe alleged corrupt cases made against some of the Chief Executive Officers...
433 Out Of 836 Foreign-Trained Doctors Fail MDCN Qualifying Exam
NO fewer than 433 out of the 836 foreign-trained medical graduates who sat the qualifying examination organised by the Medical and Dental Council of...
Resident Doctors Give Enugu Govt 14 Days To Employ More Personnel
THE Association of Resident Doctors, Enugu chapter has given the state government a 14-day ultimatum to employ new doctors in the health institution or...
FG Declares State Of Emergency In Nigeria’s Health Sector
THE Federal Government has declared a state of emergency in Nigeria’s health sector.This is being highlighted as stakeholders across the sector converge in Ekiti...
Saudi Airlifts Kano Conjoined Twins For Surgery In Riyadh
THE Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the directive of the custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Monday airlifted Nigerian...
Diphtheria Kills 59 In 14 LGAs As Borno Records 481 Cases
BORNO State Primary Healthcare Board says it has recorded 59 deaths out of the 481 diphtheria cases recorded so far in 14 local government...
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Dangote Group To Withdraw ₦100bn Suit Against NNPCL, A A Rano, Others
IN a surprising twist of events, the Dangote Group says it will withdraw its ₦100bn suit against the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory...
Dangote Refinery Asks Court To Revoke Import Licences Of NNPCL, A A Rano, Matrix,...
DANGOTE Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Abuja requesting the annulment of import licenses granted to...
Katsina Orders Immediate Closure of All Private Health Training Institutions
KATSINA State Government on Monday directed the immediate closure and revocation of registration and licenses of all private health training institutions operating in the...
Why I Revoked Julius Berger Land After Dinner With MD – Wike
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Q3 2024: UBA Grows Net Interest Income By 149%
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APC Senator Calling Us Corrupt Because We Found Drugs In His Home, NDLEA Reveals
THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says Oyelola Yisa Ashiru, deputy majority leader of the senate, is “bad-mouthing” it because drugs were allegedly...
EFCC Re-Arraigns Ex-Kwara Gov, Ex-Commissioner Over Alleged N5.78bn Fraud
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, filed 14 fresh charges of alleged N5.78 billion fraud against the former Kwara State governor, Abdulfattah...
DHQ Debunks Appointment Of Acting COAS, Warns Against Calls For Military Takeover
THE Nigerian Army has dismissed media reports suggesting that there is a leadership vacuum following the absence of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant...
Dangote Refinery Now Supplying Bulk Of Domestic Jet Fuel – Report
OIL marketers have said that the bulk of jet fuel consumed locally is now being supplied by the Dangote Refinery.According to a report by...
54-Year-Old Woman Arrested With 350 Rounds Of Ammunition In Yobe
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Ease As Petrol Marketers Import 123m Litres To Supplement Dangote Supply
NO fewer than four vessels carrying imported Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, arrived at seaports situated along the nation’s borders between Friday, October...
Despite $1.4bn Loans, National Grid Collapses 105 Times In 10 Years
DESPITE the huge investment in the power sector, the national grid collapsed about 105 times under the administrations of President Bola Tinubu and his...
Nigeria Spent $2.38m On Medical Tourism In Six Months
NIGERIANS spent about $2.38m on foreign healthcare-related services from January to June 2024, findings by this newspaper have shown.This is according to a report...
Residents Feared Killed In Fresh Anambra Attack
NIBO community in the Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State boiled on Sunday as an unknown number of persons were shot and...
The Log In Our Eyes – By Dr Hassan Gimba
"The trade of governing has always been monopolised by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind." — Thomas Paine (1737-1809)LAST week,...
Nigeria And The 2024 Nobel Prize – By Dr Dakuku Peterside
EACH year, the Nobel Prize emerges as a global celebration of human achievement, recognising exceptional contributions to progress across various fields such as Literature,...
Shouldn’t We Sell The Power Grid For A Penny? – By Kazeem Akintunde
ELECTRICITY generation, transmission and distribution has now become rocket science for us in Nigeria. This is because in spite of billions of Naira spent...
Five More ‘Tactical Errors’ And How To Fix Them – By Martins Oloja
IN this second issue of this serial on “Five more tactical errors Tinubu must clear” that, I would like to focus on one of...
Who Is Your Candidate? – By Hafsat Salisu Kabara
BEFORE I continue, I will like to categorically state that this piece is no campaign for any candidate or the president himself. Having said...
Super Eagles Forward Victor Boniface ‘Slightly Injured’ After Car Accident
BAYER Leverkusen and Nigeria striker Victor Boniface on Sunday shared video footage and photos of his smashed car after an accident.The forward can be...
